Daily Republican., 1887-11-04
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a Jauns Through ireland.
Rev. Jacob Todd, Of Grace NJ. K
Church, delivered an interesting lecture
In Union M. Il. Church, last evening,
which he stysd "a Jauut Through Irs
LAND" before quite o select audience.
In his opening remarks he observed he
was not there 70 discuss the Irieh ques.
tiop, or even to give an intimatioa of
his views In regard to the political con-
dition Of that country, after which he
alluded to the desiro of persons In cross
ing the ocean that the voyage should be
q short one, although no one was will
ing to admit that he felt afraid.
On the Och Of July, 1876, he set sail
from Philadelphia in the steamship
Pennsylvania. The passengers were
mostly made up of English people, re.
turning home from the Centennial Er.
hibition. OF all on board John Bull
maintained his self-sufiiciency and ex
clusiveness the longest, but he finally
yielded, and then he WAS a. familiar as
any OF the French, Italians or Ameri-
cans ON board.
On the fonrth day out they enoouu
tered . heavy storm, Of which he gave
quite q graphic description. They
mnde the discovery that the ocean had
as many swells rs the land; there were
many passeDgeas on board who became
much affected and they manifested
their feelings in different ways, which
he comically described. On reaching
Ireland he WAS surprised at the exist.
ence OF 90 many rocky peaks and
ridges bare of trees and verdure.
He next spoke Of the miidness Of the
temperature, and the richness of the
product OF the soil. He eulogized
Irish potatoes and mutton chops. He
related an auecdote of an Irishman who
came to New York and on being served
with . eirloin. steak exclaimed, would
you believe that my own mothers son
should ever have come to America to
eat 0 mutton chop made of beefsteak.
He alluded to the superstition OF the
people, the excellence OF the roads, and
the length of the mornings ana even.
tngs. In purchasing q paper he got
cheated, because of the difficulty OF
counting his change From Queens.
town they went to Cork, . city Of
100, GOO people, full Of business, and
after looking ut the various attractions
he waited Shandon Church, and quoted
the lines inscribed thereon. He next
gave description OF the trip to the
Blarney Castle. with what the driver
styled . poetical horse atsAohed to o
jaunting Car. On their arrival g woman
came out and screamed at the top Of
her voice, "Weloome to the gentlemen
and welcome to the driver" They did
not kiRs the Blarney Stone, because II
was the Intel of window 100 feet from
the ground.
10 kiss 1t one would have to be.let
down by the feet with q rope, and
should the rope slip the brains of the
ndventurer would be knocked out, II he
had any, on the hard stones below. he
next referred to the poverty OF the peo-
pie, after which he gave q description
OF q wonderful echo at o gap In the
mountains. The beggars were impor
tunate, and some OF the women were
determined to force the travellers to
drink Of liquor they styled Mountain
Dew," for o small contribution. He
spoke Of the beauties OF the waters oil
Killarney, and the ancient castles, after
which he alluded to the peat fields
where fuel was obtained. He next de-
scribed Dublin and the park, which
contained about 4, 900 acres. As park
he thought 10 failure. The public
buildings were far more interesting.
OF these he gave very interesting de-
scripti0n. he thought that Dublin
would be kind Of . paradise for Gus.
tom house officers and lawyers; for the
former because they had so little TO do,
and for the latter because of the trials
In consequence Of the liquor drank and
the NUMBER Of shillalahs.
He described the cathedral ereoted In
l190, which ut one time was under the
pastoral charge of Dean Swift, and al
luded to the popularity OF the chin.
neys and the manner in which they
had been deceived by them. He
spoke Of the amount Of soclability ex.
hiblted: dogs, cats, pigs and chickens
all enter the novels on q perfect equali-
ty ana without any Discrimination. He
next visited Belfast, and remarked II
Dublin Is the New York OF Ireland, Bel.
fast 10 the Philadelphia. From Belfast
they proceeded TO Port Rush, on the
way to Giants Causeway. This place
was noted rs the birthplace of Adam
CLARK, and o monument to his memory
stands in the middle Of the town.
The Giants Oauseway, as well as the
caves in the mountain, are wonderful
works Of nature, SURPRISING anything
he had ever seen. The land was cursed
by priestcraft and q foreign aristocrecy,
the owners Of the land living In Lon
don. he concluded by observing, give
Ireland religious and political liberty
And she would soon become one of the
sran6est countries on the earth.